80Kidz plan on releasing a collection of their remix work titled This Is My Works out on December 16. Here’s hoping the trio’s remix of Metric’s “Help I’m Alive” sneaks onto the tracklist. Their mix stretches the song out to six minutes but never once lags. Take a listen below. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FosO6Qi8LN0&hl=en&fs=1&]
This blog is currently so young (and I’m still so new to life in Japan) that trying to carve out an identity proves to be tougher than originally imagined. Should I strictly write about contemporary artists, or should I take a broader look at Japanese music, including older acts? And how does mainstream Japanese music…
I’m all for un-Googleable band names, from Women to Girls to Spoon. But boy, trying to find a band when they have a super general name and also happen to be in Japan…near impossible. Case in point: I’ve been trying to find Osaka trio Wednesday online ever since I saw their live set at the…
Tokyo-based DJ Baroque’s first single “Down/Midnight Muscle” drops Oct. 30. The two tracks are available now on his MySpace page, though. “Down” skitters all around, while “Midnight Muscle” sticks to a rather, ahem, muscular beat during its run time. A pair of good dance tracks to start your week off right.
Bands wearing schoolgirl uniforms rarely get a second glance from me, so when I saw uniform-clad SCANDAL on the TV show Music Fair this weekend I didn’t pay much attention. While working, though, I realized the song coming out of the television was surprisingly catchy. I looked up and…surprise, SCANDAL. SCANDAL bill themselves as a…